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Lovers Leap

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Elevation
220 m
Tallest summit within 20.5 miles
High Point789 m · 18.0 mi
Nearest byway
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Bywayon it
Sunset, June solstice
20:45local time
Coordinates
39.6779, -78.1986
Lovers Leap, seen from above at true elevation

Lovers Leap is a cliff in West Virginia, at a recorded 220 m. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tonoloway Fort, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it.

Elevation
220 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSW 206°789 m18.0 mi
Emmaville MountainN 355°690 m15.1 mi
Cacapon 2SSW 211°673 m11.5 mi
Cross MountainENE 72°627 m11.5 mi
The LockingsNNW 332°618 m11.5 mi
Hearthstone MountainE 79°616 m12.2 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainS 179°580 m15.2 mi
Purslane MountainSW 236°568 m11.0 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:25
June solstice05:4620:0420:45
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3116:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

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